Children with oedema recover better than those with severe wasting in outpatient therapeutic program at Boloso Sore district, Southwest Ethiopia

Severely undernourished young children clinically present with a typical nutritional oedema or none-oedematous. However, research evidence is limited on how these types predict treatment outcomes in Ethiopia. This study was aimed to compare oedematous and none-oedematous children for their treatment...

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Published in:BMC research notes 2018-02, Vol.11 (1), p.118-118, Article 118
Main Authors: Kabalo, Mulugeta Yohannis, Yohannes, Bereket
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Care and treatment
Caregivers
Children
Children & youth
Clinical outcomes
Edema
Fatalities
Food
Length of stay
Low income groups
Malnutrition
Oedema
Patient outcomes
Pediatric research
Research Note
Severe acute malnutrition
Treatment outcome
Wasting syndrome
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Summary:Severely undernourished young children clinically present with a typical nutritional oedema or none-oedematous. However, research evidence is limited on how these types predict treatment outcomes in Ethiopia. This study was aimed to compare oedematous and none-oedematous children for their treatment outcomes in Boloso Sore district in Southwest Ethiopia. The overall recovery rate was 396 (68%). From oedematous children; 235 (79.9%) recovered, 18 (6.1%) transferred, 6 (2.0%) defaulted, 3 (1.0%) died, and 32 (11%) remained none-respondents. The treatment outcomes among the none-oedematous children were 161 (55.9%), 12 (4.2%), 4 (1.4%), 3 (1.0%), and 108 (37.5%) in similar order. Treatment outcomes of severely undernourished children in the two arms were statistically different (Χ  = 5.82, P 
ISSN:1756-0500
1756-0500
DOI:10.1186/s13104-018-3232-x